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What is monkeypox, and is it in BC? | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver

What is monkeypox, and is it in BC? | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver

What is monkeypox, and is it in BC? | CTV News - CTV News Vancouver
May 20, 2022 3 mins, 41 secs

Hours after the country's top doctor suggested there could be a "couple" of cases of monkeypox in British Columbia, provincial officials said it’s been determined those people do not have the disease.

Centre for Disease Control said Friday afternoon that there were two reported cases that could have been the disease, but that public health officials interviewed those people.

It was determined that they were not considered contacts of known cases and had not been exposed.

"No suspect cases or contacts of monkeypox are under investigation in B.C.

continues to work closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada and public health will follow up with anyone thought to be exposed to monkeypox.".

Theresa Tam, said in a news conference that officials are investigating what could be the disease in a couple of people who live in the province.

"Right now I would say just under a couple of dozen people under investigation by local authorities mainly in Quebec but a couple of contacts being followed up in British Columbia as well, but only two cases confirmed (in the country)," she said.

"So far we do know that not many of these individuals are connected to travel to Africa, where the disease is normally seen.

Monkeypox was discovered in the late 1950s, and is a disease caused by a similar virus as the one that causes smallpox.

are experiencing an outbreak of the disease, which is more commonly found in central and western Africa.

"It's unusual for the world to see this many cases reported in different countries outside of Africa," Tam said Friday.

Health officials say the virus is transmitted through close contact with an infected person, and while it's generally transmitted through large respiratory droplets, Tam said Friday it may even be transmitted through contaminated clothing.

Canadians may find a lot of long faces at the pump heading into the long weekend as gas prices across the country remain high.

Ten children in Canada were found to be suffering from acute severe hepatitis not caused by a known hepatitis virus over a nearly six-month period recently, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Friday.

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr.

Theresa Tam says the federal government is monitoring monkeypox cases and their chains of transmission after two cases were confirmed in this country.

The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more common to west and central Africa, after more than 100 cases were confirmed or suspected in Europe.

Funeral services were held Friday morning for Second World War fighter ace James "Stocky" Edwards in Courtenay, B.C.

A 36-year-old man was charged with two counts of second-degree murder Friday after two men, both in their 60s, were killed in central Edmonton on Wednesday

CTV News Edmonton has compiled a list of events around the city this weekend

Quebec's College of Physicians and some top lawyers say there's lots of grey area in how Bill 96 will play out in health care -- even after multiple requests to the province to clear up confusion

The federal government said it is exploring the possibility of using its limited stockpile of smallpox vaccines to protect Quebecers from the recent outbreak of the disease's cousin, monkeypox

While the May long weekend is known as the unofficial start of summer, oftentimes in Saskatchewan, the holiday weekend comes with cold weather

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has leased more than 110,000 sq

A section of Dartmouth's Burnside Industrial Park was shut down Friday after a fire in a scrapyard triggered alerts and air quality warnings

Some warmer temperatures are expected for the Maritimes during the upcoming May long weekend

The public inquiry into Nova Scotia's mass shooting has already cost $25.6 million to investigate the April 18-19, 2020, rampage -- and there are still about five months remaining in its mandate

The OPP is reminding drivers to put safety first when they head out for long weekend road trips

Dave Willacy was out early Friday to get his boat in the water and tuned up

The May long weekend is upon us and northern Ontarians didn't waste time Friday hitting the road and getting to their camp or cottage

A man found dead in Milton early Friday morning is believed to be Curtis Hesselink, the father of an 8-year-old boy found dead in Cambridge last week

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